The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Up to 144,000 genetically engineered mosquitoes released in the Florida Keys

The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) and Oxitec, a British biotech company, began the first-ever U.S. release of genetically engineered (GE) Aedes aegypti mosquitoes at the end of April. Despite scientific concerns and public outcry over the human health and environment risks, the field trial’s first phase will release up to 144,000 GE mosquitoes […]

Large South Dakota organic farm faces criticism over soil erosion, poor management

A 34,000-acre organic farm in South Dakota that supplies organic grains to General Mills has been criticized for soil erosion due to tillage and failure to follow recommendations for soil conservation. In 2018, General Mills engaged in a strategic sourcing arrangement with an investment firm to transition Gunsmoke Farms near Pierre, South Dakota to organic. […]

USDA invests $2 million in value-added organic grains

Cornell University is leading a project to spread consumption of diverse and ancient grains in the Northeast and Midwest, funded by a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The three-year project will develop infrastructure for organic cultivation and marketing of grains including bread wheat, naked barley, hulless oats, rye, emmer, spelt, […]

Northeast’s leading organic soybean processor expanding operations to meet strong demand

By Joe Sylvester Boyd Station, a Pennsylvania-based processor of organic soybeans, is expanding this year with a $2.6 million grant from the state to help meet strong demand for its organic soybean oil and meal. The grant will be used to improve rail access at the company’s soybean processing facility, and allow Boyd Station to […]

Biotech company CEO says GMO wheat needed to feed the world

The claim has been made many times, a humanitarian call that hides a profit-driven motive: genetically modified foods are needed to “feed the world.” The leaders of Monsanto said it, and other GMO proponents have said it. Now the CEO of an Argentine biotech company is saying it. Federico Trucco, the chief executive officer of Bioceres […]